Method of and apparatus for shaping molten glass



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KABL'E. PEELER, OF WEST HARTFORD; CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO mTFOBD-EM- PIBE COMPANY,.OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

mn'rnon or AND Arrafm'rns This invention relates to a method of and uniform thickness and free from blemishes. I

For example, in the manufacture" of electric lights bulbs, the.v generally hemispherical thickness .and as nearly perfect as possible in external appearance and optical effect. In some bulb making machines, as illustiated in Patent No. 1,021,043 of March 26;1912,

the blank or parison is formed in a mold .into which the glass. is drawn by suction, acting through thin slots or ports in the wall of the" mold. These suction ports are preferably located around the base portion of the parison, from which any inequalities of surface or chilling, due to the ports, are.

removed by marvering or other subsequent treatment of the parison. Moreover, these base portions of the'parison are usually cut oil and discarded in the subsequent operations. The suction ports preferably do not extend into the upper hemispherical end of the mold cavity, which is thus left imperspots'caused by an unequal" chilling of, the

forate and smooth to avoid marking,.and also to insure-uniform chilling of the skin or surface of the parison, in order that it will be blown out uniformly in thickness and appearance in the subsequent 'blowi tions. It is well understood that t e glass would be blown out thinner at the'softer glass.

This arrangement f the suction slots, al-

though favorable in the, respects mentioned,

is liable to result in failure, to fully fill the mold, and thereby bring the entire upper surface of the parison' mto equal chi hng contact with the-mold wall. This is 'due to the circumstance thatthe glass as-it is drawn;- into the mold by the suct on. closes the sue tion ports completely before the inold 1s filled, and 'further'sucking in ofthe glass is dependent upon the progressively lessening residual vacuum in the remaining cavity, aided perhaps under some conditions by the momentum of the glass. -These remaining forces are however too variable and uncertain to insure the desired complete and unicharge of the parison from" the mo opera- The apparatus selected for ma snarme mor'rnu erass.

Application filed March 30, 1922. Serial No. 543,990.

form filling of the mold, and the resultant uniform surface chilling of the parison.

The object of the present invention is .to provide a method and apparatus which will overcome the. difliculties referred to, and produce blanks or parisons capable of being ormed into finished ware free from imperfections. The method includes the steps of drawing a charge of glass by suction into a mold havingan imperforate pocket, and ap plying pressure to the charge to insure the complete filling of the pocket. Any suitable means may be provided for applying pressure to the charge such, for instance, as a plunger, but it "is-preferred to employ compressed air for thls purpose.

This invention is herein illustrated and described as embodied in and applied to apparatus similar to that shown and described in the Patent, 1,021,048, referred to above.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section through a gatherin head or parison mold during the suction c arging operation Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the application of pressure t0 cause the glass in the cavity;

- Fig. 3 is a vertical-section showing I d to the mold to conform to the wall of the mold the dis i device for continuing the shaping of the ware, which is shown as a blow-pipe; and

Fig. 4.- shows the parison on the blow'-pi pe ready for further operation, z,

the purpose of illustration comprises a head 6' carrymg a parison mold 7 and a neck ring 8. The end of the mold cavity is made imperforate and the lm'is drawn up into the mold when it is 'p aced'in contact with the surface of a supply of molten glass 19, by a vacuum com m 'cated-to the mold cavity through a seriesjof thin slots. 9 or. other small air ports,

gshov'vjrn slightly exaggerated for clearness; 'Iheihead 6 and arm 10, which supports it,

are hollow.'and connected with a suitable fsourcej of vaeuum so that the air is exhausted as indicated by thei arrows in Figs. land 2.

Whenthe neckring 'is brought into engagement with the surface Qofthe molten glass, the latter is sucked up into the mold by the vacuum, but assoon as the incoming glas's covers the s lot-s- -9',it thereby shuts off communication betweemthe mold cavity and the source of vacuum so that any fu'rther drawing in of the glass is dependent upon the residual vacuum in theclosed p'ocket' thusformed. As'the glass continues to rise toward the top of the mold, the vacuum ,is

I progressively weakened by the contraction of the space so that its action ceases before the mold is filled, leaving adepression 11 inthe top of the parison,,-(Fig. 1), which if left in this c'ondition,'out of contact with means. For this purpose the knife 12 may Y be perforated at 13 for the admission of compressed air against the bottom 4 of the parison after severing. The air may be sup-.

plied through a passageway 14 in the arm 15 carrying the knife 12. The pressure against the mold charge causes the depression 11 to be filled out, so that the parison conforms to. the, shape of themold cavity.

and its entire surface is equally. affected by-contact withtthe Wallof that cavity. .The-

4 amount of residual air which may remain with and becomes apart of the initial blow from the vacuum in the depression 11 is so slight as to be negligible. The, slight cavity,

formed by the ,air pressure at 20 (Figs-'2 and 3)- is not objectionable'as-it coincides cavity formed or enlarged later by the plunger 21 in the subsequent operatio ns.;

After the charge has thus been shaped to the'mold, the knife 12 is withdrawnand the neck ring 8*is opened to discharge the parison 16, (F ig.- 3) for further treatment,

as by a blow-pipe 17, where it is grasped byjaws..18, as shown in Fig. 4. flheparison is now ready-for the usual steps in the formation of an electric light bulb,- which may be as shown in the aforesaid patent.

. I claim: f I u 1. The method of forming a parison which includes the steps .of drawing a charge of wn out thinner molten glass from a mass into an imperforate mold cavity by a vacuum in the cavity, separating the charge from the and applying pressure to the charge to 'orce' it upwardly into the cavity.

. 2. Apparatus o1 shaping a glass parison,

within. the pocket to suck the glass therein, and means for applying pressure to the glass ass,

comprising a mold having. an imperforate pocket, means for creating a partial vacuum in the mold to force it upwardly into contact-with the wall of the pocket.v y

3. Apparatus-"for shaping molten glass, comprising a suction mold having a passageway, connected-witha source 'of vacuum and arranged to suck a charge to a point beyond Said passageway, means for separating the charge in the. mold from the supply, and .means for applying'pressure to the charge to force it into the mold.

4. Apparatusfor making parisons' of molten glass, comprising a suctlon mold having a passageway extending from a point re mote from the end of the mold cavity to a source of vacuum,- means for severing. a

charge suckedinto the mold from. a mass of glass, and means for pressing the charge toward the end of the mold cavity.

5. Apparatus for making parisons of molten' glass, comprising a mold having an imperforate pocket at the upper end of the mold cavity, means for producing a partial.

vacuum in the pocket whereby a charge' of glass. is sucked therein, a knife movable across the entrance to the mold,-and means for immediately applying upward pneumatic pressure to the end of the charge severed by 6. Apparatus for making' parisons". of molten glass, comprising a'mol d having an im erforate pocket at the 11 per end of the mo d cavity, means for pro ucing a partial vacuum in the pocket whereby a charge of glass is sucked therein, a knife 'movable across theentranpe tothe mold, and auto- 'matic means for applying pneumatic pressure upwardly to the charge after the knife has closed the entrance. to the mold.

Signed at Hartford, Connecticut, this 27th day of March, 1922. i

. k KARL E. PEILER. 

